Tagged: cultural identity

The Aussie barbecue is a timeless ritual that is ingrained in our culture. Cooking over a sizzling hot grill in the great outdoors has become part of our national identity and has been used in film,...

From national surf carnivals and cultural events to family holidays by the sea, Australians love spending time at the beach.
With its unique history, rituals, language and customs, Australia's beach...

At the taxi depot, Yuri (Ewen Leslie) asks Sarita (Leah Vandenberg) for a drink at the pub. They talk about the Hasidic rules against touching. Yuri suggests they go away together, but she is shocked...

Yuri (Ewan Leslie) helps his grandmother Minnie (Naomi Wilson) as she clears up in the kitchen. Her forearm has the tattoo given to those who were sent to concentration camps during the Second World...

Blue skies, as the camera pans down, the frame rests on 'Wickham, Western Australia’. A Torres Strait man recalls how he came to work on the railway and stayed. As he describes his experiences we see...

Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) announces his filmmaking vision: a projector atop the tallest city building screening his movies on white clouds in the sky, the entire world his audience. Summary by...

Acknowledgement of Country

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.